old barn lumber frame

This is a frame that I made of old barn lumber, I believe it is chestnut oak. I plained the gray off with a 13 inch dewalt plainer, squared the inside of the frame and left the outside what it was…........rough! Put my scetch of Chief Wolf Robe in it.

Thank You Vic….........the wood was old barn lumber and it was gray…..so I plained it down just enough to get the gray off to expose the true color of the wood. This is two frames put together as one. They used to do that in the old days and I really like doing it that way…...I think it makes for a more interesting frame. But getting back to it…..........I cut the straight edges with a table saw, and the cut my inside lip to hold the photo and the glass and then mitered my corners with a miter saw, and put it together.

Great looking frames. That wood looks like wormy chestnut. They used to make a lot of barns from chestnut wood. Our company builds a lot of wormy chestnut cabinets. I like using that wood for frames also.